| The old axiom is that just because you can do | | | | exchange for "kickbacks" - legally known as |
| something doesn't mean you should. A lot of | | | | "campaign contributions". Perhaps an |
| times States get flushed with their own power | | | | investigation should be in order?So what is |
| because the Constitution says that they | | | | Walmart to do? Some have said that Walmart |
| retain the powers not delegated to the | | | | should just lay off enough employees to get |
| Federal Government (Amendment X: "The powers | | | | them under the 10,000 mark. Currently |
| not delegated to the United States by the | | | | Walmart has an estimated 17,000 employees in |
| Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the | | | | the state. But that wont help. Next |
| States, are reserved to the States | | | | legislative session they will just drop the |
| respectively, or to the people"). | | | | threshold to some lower number. And if the |
| Bureaucrats who like power take that to mean | | | | "your money is our money" socialists in |
| that they can do whatever they want ... | | | | government had their way they would simply |
| ignoring the other part of that amendment | | | | just pass emergency legislation that would |
| which mentions "the people". And even if the | | | | stop Walmart from laying off enough employees |
| "people" want something it doesn't mean they | | | | to get in under the set level.No? Don't |
| should get it either especially if their want | | | | think so? Why not? They've already passed |
| infringes on the rights of | | | | legislation telling Walmart how to run it's |
| others.Theoretically that is why we have a | | | | business!No, nothing Walmart does short of |
| Republican government which is to protect | | | | launching a defensive nuclear attack will do. |
| against the ravages of pure Democracy and the | | | | This nuclear attack would entail Walmart |
| mere wants of people.The Maryland Legislature | | | | closing every single store and emptying every |
| has decided that Walmart isn't paying "it's | | | | shelf in them in Maryland and laying off |
| fair share" with regards to health care. The | | | | every last one of it's over 10,000 employees. |
| unions, bureaucrats, competing businesses and | | | | Walmart has to do this because there is |
| assorted other economic socialists have | | | | similar legislation being considered in other |
| managed to get a law into place that will | | | | states as well. And only if Walmart pulls |
| require the retailer to spend 8% of its | | | | out and conducts a scorched earth nuclear |
| payroll on healthcare because they have over | | | | campaign in Maryland will there be a chance |
| 10,000 employees in the state.Ok, so aside | | | | that people will wake up and realize what is |
| from the obvious economic insanity of this | | | | happening here.Of course at this point there |
| approach which tells businesses that they | | | | is nothing preventing the Maryland |
| should not expand, create new jobs and help | | | | legislature from passing a new law that would |
| people get out from under the welfare state | | | | prevent Walmart from closing up every store |
| it is also of wonder how many of these | | | | either. After all, they apparently think |
| legislators are voting for the bill in | | | | that they have this sort of power. |